STORIES FROM THE LULU TREE
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Emergency Bulletin: Flooding Kills 400+ in Sierra Leone
*Forgive us as we interrupt our Sabbath Month to inform you of some desperate prayer needs* I was seated in the sun at Riding Mountain National Park, red purse at my feet, about to head out for milkshakes with my Mum, sister and sister in law. My hands smelled like...
From Temporary to Sustainable: Changes to Lulu Sierra Leone, July 2017
By the founder of The Lulu Tree There’s a soldier who sings from the hilltops of Sierra Leone. He sings low African hymns, this warrior of land and sky, as he marches across the soil which feeds his people. He fights on his knees at 4:30 every morning and he fights...
From Temporary to Sustainable: Changes to Lulu Uganda, July 2017
A post by the founder of The Lulu Tree We never wanted to be a “white savior.” We never wanted to be a savior at all. That’s a role set apart for Jesus alone. We only ever wanted to love. But it’s harder than it sounds—loving, versus fixing. We so often want to “fix”...
The Day God Gave Us a Tractor – Sierra Leone News
“How do you guys fundraise?” she asks me over Skype. She’s heard of what we’re doing and she wants to join. This is our first meeting. I smile. I love answering this question. “We don’t,” I tell her, and her mouth is the perfect O. “But how? How do you have 12 acres...
Why this formerly-disillusioned pastor’s daughter is passionate about the church
No pastor is perfect. No church is perfect. I'm not here to bash churches and I'm not here to exalt pastors. I'm here to get real with you about why God called a very sinful woman (me) who ran for years from the institutionalized church, to found an organization which...
They Call Him Father – Lulu Sierra Leone News from the Founder, May 2017
I’m the first white to sleep in this village. I lie under a cloud of mosquito net, an open window behind my head and the sound of men’s voices speaking Krio, the hum of ancient men and young boys, cracking nuts and seated on stumps, singing through the screen-less...
When A Child Dies: Lulu Uganda News from the Founder ~ May, 2017
We're dancing in the living room, my two-year-old daughter and I. I've been cleaning windows but she's led me to the carpet, saying "up, up," and we're twirling now to Christy Nockels singing all about Jesus. Aria's head leans back and she closes her eyes and for a...
The Day I Met Jesus & a Jjaja at the Well (and Sierra Leone Updates for April)
Post by the The Lulu Tree founder after her recent trip to Uganda. God rained down the day we dedicated the well in Namagera village. Sheets of water from heaven -- "It's good for the maize," Esther told me, the village fields covered in tousled heads of green; corn...
Special Report from Lulu Founder on Recent Vision Trip: I Watched Hope Bloom in a Small Ugandan Village
by The Lulu Tree Founder re: her latest trip to Uganda Pastor Soka stands tall and lean in Kiranga village, in a church half-built, red bricks stacked painstakingly by an arthritic man in his congregation. A grandma they call Jjaja Hallelujah sits across from us in a...
March Updates from Sierra Leone
The Bethel Home In Sierra Leone, work on the Bethel Home continues as Pastor Sonnel and his team work hard to get the home ready for orphans and expectant mothers. The plumbing has been put in, and bathrooms are taking shape. Details inside are continuing to come...